Auto-Post Medium.com Articles to LinkedIn with Telegram Alerts

🧠 Problem This Solves Manually sharing Medium articles to LinkedIn daily can be repetitive and time-consuming. This automation:

Fetches the latest Medium articles based on a tag (e.g., android)

Posts them on LinkedIn twice daily

Uses Airtable to prevent duplicates

Sends a confirmation to Telegram once posted

Stay consistently active on LinkedIn without lifting a finger.

👥 Who This Template Is For Developers who write or follow Medium content

Tech creators or founders looking to grow an audience

Community or page managers needing regular curated posts

Busy professionals who want hands-free LinkedIn engagement

⚙️ Workflow Breakdown This automation runs at 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM daily and performs these steps:

Fetch articles from MediumAPI.com by tag

Check Airtable to prevent reposting the same article

Post on LinkedIn if it’s new

Store the article ID in Airtable

Send a Telegram message after successful posting

🧾 Step-by-Step Setup Instructions

✅ 1. Airtable Configuration Create a base with:

Table Name: PostedArticles

Column: ArticleID (Single line text – to track posted articles)

🔗 2. MediumAPI Setup Go to https://mediumapi.com

Sign up and generate your API key from the dashboard

Use this API endpoint in an HTTP node:

GET https://mediumapi.com/api/tag/YOUR_TAG/latest

Headers: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY Replace YOUR_TAG with a topic like android, ai, webdev, etc.

💬 3. Telegram Bot Setup Go to @BotFather and create a new bot

Save the bot token

Use @userinfobot to get your Telegram chat ID

Add a Telegram node in n8n with the token + chat ID

🔗 4. LinkedIn Setup Create a LinkedIn Developer App

Connect it via OAuth2 in n8n

Choose to post on your profile or company page

🧱 5. n8n Workflow Structure Node Type Description Cron Triggers the flow twice a day HTTP Request Fetches articles from MediumAPI.com Airtable Search Checks if article ID already exists IF Node Skips duplicates LinkedIn Post Publishes to your LinkedIn profile/page Airtable Create Stores posted article ID Telegram Node Sends success notification

🛠️ Customization Tips Change the tag in the API URL to match your niche

Add hashtags or personal comments to the LinkedIn message

Schedule different posting times in the Cron node

Filter Medium posts based on length or title keywords (optional)